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A workman half naked and covered
with perspiration advances to the very
edge of the furnace and through the en-
brasure plunges hollow steel rod into
the pot. The end that enters the liquid is
covered with the fiery pasty fluid, which
adheres to the metal. AS it is withdrawn
the glass runs down and forms a pear
shaped form about the end A second
workman, who stands ON q platform raised
above the ground, receives the rod and ap-
plying the cold end to his lips blows in al
most exactly the same manner as does o
boy who is trying to make particularly
large soap bubble. The glass behaves
like the bubble, but with far less celebrity.
It grows into o hollow ball. It would
elongate and fall off the rod were it left
to itself, but the operative, by o hundred
skillful movements, now twirling the
tube and now swinging it over his head,
causes it to retain any form he desires,
whether round, ovoid or cylindrical.
If bottle be his aim, the heated globule
is placed in mold and then blown until
it's surface fits the sides. If cell for an
electric battery, decanter or demijohn,
other molds are brought forth and e1n-
ployed II common window glass is
to be produced, the workman keeps
alternately blowing and rolling the globe
against fat surface. In a few moments
the tube ends in q long glass cylinder
with rounded ends. A simple breakage
by q hot iron and cold water or by o
diamond, soon removes the two ends and
leaves o crystal cylinder. Another line
the full length and the cylinder resembles
q sheet Of writing paper half rolled.
Through heat it gradually unrolls and
forms fiat sheet. Ere it is cold, it, with
many others, goes to the annealing fur
mace, where it slowly cools, until after
several days it is thoroughly cold aud
%ns,raopod
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Something About Mineral Waters.


at is easy to gull the public" said young
man who tends the fountain in a down town
cigar store "The people who drink mineral
waters under the impression that they will do
them as much benefit US if they visited the
springs little know that nearly all of the stuff
is made up in University place. Some of the
foreign waters are genuine, but the domestic
brands are merely Croton water cleaned with
marble dust and impregnated with alkalies
1t doesn't pay to bring water from the springs
30 long as the public are satisfied with a
counterfeit article. People know very little
about mineral waters, and when the boss
started the fountain the manufacturer came
down and gave him some tips.
"'As you are just starting in the business,
Mr. Blank said he, I would say that you
will find it necessary to get only two kinds of
mineral water There are taps on the foun-
tain for six different springs, but will at
tach three faucets to each of the two siphons
30 as to save you trouble and expense. You
can thus supply your customers with what
aver they call for, and no one will ever be the
wiser. If you should happen to run out of
mineral water at any time, You may just give
plain Soda
"If these bogus mineral waters do no good
tu6y hI6 dL lctSb utt1 lilSSo. III tA1o cACJ uiuCl
from the various cordials and sedatives that
so many foolish people get into the habit of
taking. There are fashions in drugs as well
as in anything else. The quinine fever of a
few years ago is slowly dying out Bromide
of potassium, chloral, and absinthe are now
mostly in favor, and when once man be-
comes slave to these it is but an easy stage
to cocaine and opium Our counter trade is
confined almost entirely to men, but think
women are the worst drug fiends, because
they buy the stuff in bulk and keep slipping
at it all day at home. The women who take
it through their veins by injection soon be-
come mental and physical wrecks, and gen.
orally end by taking their own lives. The
mixture Of patent blood medicines and nerve
tonics in summer drinks is fast becoming a
favorite tipple. The nastier the draught the
better it seems to selln-New York Evening
Sun.
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PEN PICTURE OF LISBON.

The Quaint Streets and Their Ini,abit-
ants-Numerous Public Gardens.
A few hours are sufficient to give stranger
an excellent idea of the town. The streets
are not unlike those of q second rate Italian
city, and, though vastly inferior in point of
architecture. have certain picturesauepess
of their own. Many of the houses are COM
pletely faced with tiles, usually blue or pink
or green pattern upon a white ground. The
entrances to the older buildings have peacock
blue dados and scriptural picture in tiles
under the windows of their first floors. The
inhabitants of these quaint streets are short
and thickset race, SO swarthy that many of
them are darker than the natives of northern
India. The men, as rule. are fairly good
looking; the woman painful contrast to their
lovely sisters in southern Spain. Like them.
they dress in black on state occasions: but
there all similarity ceases, for they have
neither their stately walk, their beauty, nor
their graceful fan play. In fact, the only
comely women in Lisbon are the bare legged
fshwives, who trot gayly through the streets
posing huge baskets of fish upon their hand
some heads, and who, it is whispered, are not
Portuguese at all, but immigrants from the
northern provinces of Spain.
There is plenty of life and animation on the
streets; peasants i'll black jackets, bell shaped
trousers supported by red sash. and wonder
fully pointed shoes, fog their gayly decked
overladen mules over the uneven pavement:
handsomely dressed officers lounge about the
doors of the cafes; sturdy Galician porters,
the hewers of wood and drawers of water for
the lelsurely Portuguese, stagger along under
their heavy burdens; tramcars with three or
four mules abreast rattle past ut every mo-
ment Bright eyed children poster you i'll
ressantly to buy tickets for the lottery. in
which you can speculate for the low sum of
threepence; and horsemen in a tawdry pi-
cador costume canter about the streets
sounding bugles and scattering handbills to
announce the programme for the next bull.
fight
All the squares and modern streets are we'll
planted with trees; and at every available
spot in the town public garden has been laid
put, with fountains surrounded by hedges of
cactus and aloes, and a wealth of roses,
arums, and geranums, growing half wild
around palm trees, acacias and bananas In
fact, the only neglected piece of ground in
Lisbon is the great open space i'll front of the
kings palace ut Belem. 1t is grass grown in
ruts and holes; its few stunted trees are en-
,ircled by broken and unpainted wooden
guards; the road connecting it with the CEN
er of the town is equally uncared for The
land belongs to the municipality, whose rep
resentatives decline to spend money upon it,
in order to advertise the vigor of their repub-
lican sentiments; the king stands Oh his dig
nifty and refuses to do the work of the nunic-
lpality; and thus the state approach to the
royal residence at Belem remains disgrace
10 the capital Of Portugal.-Chicago Times.
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Aneednte of Con. Grant.

Miss Hulda Bond. of Brooklyn. is an auto
graph collector OF more than ordinary peril
nacity. The manner in which she secured
Gen. Grants is interesting. The general was
ct the time sick with the disease that resulted
in his death; but, nothing daunted, Miss Bond
called at his residence, sent in her card. and
obtained an interview with the generals wife.
Miss Bond impressed Mrs. Grant so favorably
that when she brought out her album and
said: ado you think the general would add
his name to my collectioni" the latter re.
piled that she would see, and went mp stairs.
On returning. Mrs. Grant said: 81 told the
general of your pleasant call, and be took the
album, and, glancing over 1t, read the few
lines written by little boy years old. as
follows:
".And me to, wish, In your album to appear.
And do excuse my funny letters. cousin. dear;
For I'm only years old, and in skirts as yet.
But, when I'm G, my first pants am to get;
And then I'll he big man, I'm sure.
And write as nice as SEQ Grover Cleveland's sig
nature. u. S. BoNn.'
"And after reading them he called for pen
and wrote after the boys signature: And U.
i, Grant The situation was so humorous"
added. Mrs. Grant, that the general burst
into laughter for the first time i'm wecks."--
CoBey Island Journal.
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STORIES or CHILDREN.

One Youngsser-We have nice canopy
top to cover our carriage. Other Youngster
That's nuthin', we have chattel mortgage
on ours that will more than cover it, pa says.
It'd Bits.
A Main street mother was whipping her
boy yesterday, and as she applied the rod she
shouted, aWill you behaved" eyes," blub-
bered the throbbing boy, II will If you will. I"
New London Day.
Lady. jokingly Tommy, when are you
going to marry2 Tommy, years old and
very susceptible Well, ] don't think I'll ever
marry. / love SO many little girls, il / mar
ried one all the rest would be jealous.-The
Epoch.
Old gentlemen quitting few questions)-
Now, boys-ah--caH you tell me what COM
mandment Adam broke when he took the
forbidden fruita Small scholar (ike slioD
Please, sir, th' warn't no commandments
then, sirI-Boston Beacon.
Little 2-year-old Robert at the breakfast
table the other day heard his father and
mother exchange the compliments of the
morning with their guests until he could
stand it no longer, and interrupted them
with Papa, let me tell my tory now. !
want some hash. concord IN. HI Monitor
Where did you get all those buttors.n
asked a lady of a little boy who had a thou
sand or more on string.
Why" was the reply, @don't you know
pa is ininisteran
ayes, replied the lady, abut what has that
got to do with itan
Everything said the boy; abecause he
has tho sorting OF the collection basket. -
The Epoch.
little girl wishing to make her father a
present was very much at fault toknow what
to buy for the purpose After puzziing her
brain considerably and getting what suss-
gestions she could from the other members Of
the family, she finally went to her mother in
despair and said: aOnly think, mamma, /
don's know what to get papa for Christmas
present; he don't smoke. nor drink. nor moth
ing. - Eastern Argus.
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CREATIONS LOWER ORDERS.

A wild deer ran about the streets Of
Thorpe, Wis, for some time one morning
recently. Its life was protected by the
game law.
A Lawrence county (Pa.) hen, failing to
hatch any chicks, has adopted a litter of kit
tens, and clucks vigorously at them when
they become playful.
Edward Davenport, OF Atlanta, Ga, saw a
large snake with little king snake wrapped
about it just back of the head. 1t had chol1ed
the large snake to death. s.-.
The dog of George Marion, Of Rensselaer,,
Ind began barking at q hole In the ground.
Marion dug down and killed 123 blue racers
and twenty seven bull snakes. z
A little alligator was shipped in q box from
Florida to Boston. When he arrived he was
apparently stiff dead. After q warm bath he
revived, but for six days he had not eaten a
thing.
James Hamilton, OF Philadelphia, has a cat
which gave birth to six kittens which were
Joined together d la Eiarnese twins Itwould
have been.a nice thing for him if the Kittens
had not got to quarreling among themselves
to find out which was the kitten. The quar-
reling resulted in their DEATH
Capt. Tom Brabson, well known farmer
living on the French Broad river, near Boyd's
creek, Tenn, is the owner OF white mule As
years of age. The venerable beast was kept
in the harness until two years ago, when he
was retired ON a pension. He has been in pos
session Of the mule for thirty seven years and
can youch for his age.
A shorthorn bnll and . valuable stallion
got into quarrel at WelIsyjlie, o. The stall
lion, which was Clydesdale and beautiful
animal, displayed considerable pluck and for
few moments the struggle was simply terri
BILE, the earth being tom; up for yards by the
huge animals. All efforts to separate the
br1ltes were futile, and the battle continued
unnbated for ten minutes, when the bull
gored his adversary in o vital spot, killing
him instantly.
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FREAKS or THE LIGHTNING.
During a recent thunderstorm in Grand
River, N Y. fisherman saw six salmon in
stantly killed by lightning

River, N. Y. fisherman saw six salmon in
stantly killed by lightning.
A Lincoln, Neb., young girl was dressing
in her room during thunderstorm when her
pug dog ran in. She clasped it to her bosom
and flash of lightning instantly killed it.
She was Mortified to find that an image Of
her dog had been photographed OH her bosom.
There seems to be no way Of removing the
picture, which gives every shade, color and
wrinkle of the canine form.
Lightning struck Charles M. Lee, cow
boy, and also his horse, and killed them both,
near Cheyenne Wells, Col, the other day.
The stroke broke the iron horn of tine saddle,
exploded all the cartridges in his belt, and set
fire to the leather of the saddle, picket rope,
blankets, tearing his hat, boots and shirt to
pieces, and the fire consumed tho flesh of the
left leg from the knee to the ankle.
The curious explanation now given of the
death of Ben Smith, in the southwestern part
of Benton county, Ark, is not exactly n light
ming ''story," but it goes: The Smiths male
practice of killing fish in river with giant
powder. Young Smith leaped into the river
to catch fish which had beee stunned by tho
explosion. As he struck the water he uttered
q wild shrek and sank to the bottom, dead.
His body was at once recovered, and his
limbs were found rigid in exactly the same
position as when he made the plunge and the
flesh along the spinal column was blackened.
It seems that the water was heavily charged
with electricity by the explosion and that
Smith was killed by violent electric shock
the instant he touched the water.
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a nuMoKIsT's PATHos.
My baby slept-how calm his rest

My baby slept-how calm his rest
AS Ger his handsome face smile
Like that Of angel fitted while
He lay so still upon my breast.
My baby slept--his baby head
Lay all unkissed meath pail and shroud-
did not weep or cry aloud
only wished 1, too, were dead!
My baby sleeps-a tiny mound,
All covered by the little flowers.
Woos me in all my waking hours
Down in the quiet burying ground.
And when sleep seem to be
With baby in another land
take this little baby hand
He smiles and sings sweet songs to me.
Sleep on, 0 baby, while keep
My vigls till this Day be past;
Then shall /, too, lie down at last
And with my baby darling sleep. AR
Eugene Field in Chicago News.
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THE rHlsrLE,s BOTTOM.
A Divers Visit to the Scotch Keel-Whas
Expert Cozzens Says.

a Divers Visit to the Scotch Keel-Whas
Expert Cozzens Says.
The reticence that Capt. Barr, of the
Thistle, has shown in giving any accurate
information about the lines of the famous
Scotch cutter, has been the subject of talk
among yachtsmen all over the country,
and the frequent spins of the Thistle in
New York harbor, under short allow
ance of sail and towing a dingy in her
wake, have excited the indignation of q
few, who say they cannot understand why
the officers Of the Thistle should take such
pains to conceal her speed. Others say
that Capt. Barr is perfectly right in his
view Of the case, and that he has q per-
feet right to conceal the speed and proper
hons of the yacht If he wants to. They
add to this that the air OF mystery sur
rounding the Thistle will make the COM
ing contest doubly interesting. This latter
view is held by leading newspaper in
New York.
Vague rumors have also been floating
about as to the Thistle's bottom. Some
contended that a mysterious air pump was
fastened to her keel, by means Of which
her speed under sail could be increased
greatly. One old sailor at Tompkinsville,
Staten Island, OIL which place the Scotch
sloop has been anchored, declared that she
contained an apparatus away forward in
her hold to pump out oil, In such way
that the water from her bow aft would
always be smooth. The New York World,
as you already know, has sought to find
out the truth by sending diver under her.
In the dead of night The World boat,
manned by reporter, an artist, a diver
and two Others, anchored almost directly
alongside of the Thistle. The rattle Of
the anchor chain was loud enough
to be heard on shore, and aroused
the crew of the Thistle. But the news
paper man who had charge of the enter
prise paid no more attention to the Scotch
boat than if she had been 1000 miles
away. He gave his orders in a loud
voice, and the Thistle men, evidently sup
posing that the strange boat was some
"wanderer of the night" and not bent on
mischief, paid little attention to her
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Besides the great furnaces are little
ones, called for no earthly reason imagin-
able, stglory holes. These are tall, up
right ovens something like the parlor
denominations of o New York fiat. An
aperture high up emits glare Of fierce
heat and light. Through this opening
the workman does such work as finishing
the mouths of bottles and reheating small
chilled extremities of his job.
The men around these miniature sheols
look strong, but not healthy. Their skin
is dry and yellow when at rest, and
flushed and wet when working. Here
and there is heard cough, natures vain
protest against the terrific strain upon
the respiratory organs and the prophetic
sound of. the consumption which awaits
nearly all the men who crowd the place.
Maternal Cares.
Young Matron with theories on tho care
Of childrenl to nurse-Jane.
Nurse-Yes-sum.
Young Matron-When the baby has
finished his bottle lay him in the cradle ON
his right side After eating a child should
always lie on the right side; that relieves the
pressure on the heart. Still (reflectively) the
liver is on the right side; perhaps, after all,
you had better lay him on the left side. No,
am sure the treatise On infant digestion said
right side On the whole, Jane, you may lay
the baby on his back until have looked the
matter up more thoroughly Citizen.
a Chinese fishing junk at Vallejo, CAL,
has q milo and a quarter of line carrying
5,aGo Looks
The travel Of sishtsecrs to Alaska is greater
fhnn avaa. Ecfs,.n I,,nssr,, -
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MAI. T. ]. ANDERSON. tieth Iowa Infant
sy, of which he was afterward made cap
tain. He remained in the service until
Dec. 2, 1854, when he resigned and again
resumed the practice of the law at Knox
vile, where he has resided and practiced
ever since, except during short residence
In Colorado from 1883 to 1885. In 1874 he
was the Anti-monopoly candidate for dis
trict judge, and, although defeated, ran
over ], 100 votes ahead OF his ticket. In
1878 he was again rendered the nomination
for judge, which he declined. In 1882 he
was nominated again for district judge,
but again declined.
Last fall he was the candidate of his
party for county attorney, and was
elected by the largest majority of any one
on the ticket with him. Major Anderson
is man Of splendid physique, being six
feet two inches In height and weighing
225 pounds. He bears striking resem-
blance to the late Vice President Hen
dricks
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glass DlOWlH4 I'LL OPERA
tives are paid for ''piece work"-is very
high, the industry is not popular. Its un-
popularity is no more than natural, the
labor being severe and exhausting, the pain
and discomfort great, and the healthful-
gagged. Tt has O characteristic dis
as the white lead and quicksilver
industries have their specific ills. From
long continued blowing, the cheeks, at
first muscular, grow thin and lose their
elasticity; they then begin to hang down
like inverted pockets and finally grow alb
solutely unusable. 1t is q matter of
record both here and nsEurope that glass
operatives have blown holes through their
cheeks, but no living curiosity of this sort
can be found at the present time. Glass
8 making, though requiring great skill and
dexterity, is very simple business. A
large and well built furnace in which an
intense heat can be secured and main-
tanned for long time; crucibles or melt
ing pots that will Withstand high ten1-
perature, corrosion and wear and tear;
sand, lime, soda, and occasionally other
ingredients for the raw materials are the
main features of every establishment.
The sand, lime and soda, pure as art can
make them without throwing away too
much money, are shoveled or rather
ladled into the melting pots. With them
are thrown the broken glass and the frag-
ments and splinters made by carelessness
or necessity. The pots and the interior Of
the furnace around them are at q white
heat, so hot as to pain the eyes of the
spectator who looks at them through the
embrasures of the wall. The fresh ma
terial slowly dissolves and ere long looks
like curious hybrid of molten metal and
red hot water
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A Travelled Actor.

''Oh, no." said an actor who was basking
in the sun on the corner of Fourth avenue
and the Rialto, ''rm never afraid of acci-
dents when travelling about the country, but
I'm careful, of course
sYes, indeed vouchsafed another actor,
who has the number of railroad ties in the
country down to fine point; Il s'pose you
keep your eyes open for trains coming in
both directions. New York Sun.
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A Brief and Pointed Ad.

The principal of an academy in New
Jersey adyertises in the city papers that
he prepares ''boys for bus or col. Back
ward boys taught pri.n Ii you have q
boy who is a little slow in his gram. or
dilitor. in his rith. or weak in his Lat.
that You want to rush for bus. posish.
or profesh., you should write let. TO
the primo. of this acad. for circ and q
cat. containing terms and curric. The
prof's head is Columbus Dispatch.
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CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR.
Maj. T. y. Anderson Named by the
Democrats OF Iowa

Maj. T. D. Anderson Named by the
Democrats OF Iowa.
Maj. T. J. Anderson, the Democratic
candidate for governor OF Iowa, was born
in Fulton county, Illinois, in March, 1887,
and is therefore fifty years old. His
parents came from Kentucky and settled
in Illinois in 1882, shortly after the close
Of the Black Hawk war, near the present
town of Table Grove. In 1853 his father
removed to Marion county, Iowa. The
subject Of this sketch was educated at
Oskaloosa, Iowa, and ut the age of 81,
while engaged in teaching school at
Knoxville, was nominated and elected
county surveyor of Marion county by the
Democrats. During the next two years
he was engaged in surveying and reading
law, studying in the Office of Hon. j. E.
Neal, of Knoxville. In October, 1850, he
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